A magic wand

If I had a magic wand and could change one thing, I would change the amount of parental involvement in the students' education. Throughout this semester, I have noticed that a great amount of the parents are not very involved with their children’s education. There have been several instances in which the parent(s) were supposed to meet up with some of the staff members and didn’t show up for the meeting. Instead, a phone conference had to substitute in order to discuss the reevaluation for the child’s IEP (Individual Education Plan). If the parents were more involved in their children’s education, the student would have a better support system and a stronger connection with their parents. This would definitely make the school counselor’s job easier, since the parents would take more of their time to work with the children on their educational weaknesses. Having a strong and constant line of communication between the school faculty and the students’ parents would really help to influence this change in the school.